Bird perch



May ,3} 1927. 1,627,448 c. w. MUELLER BIRD PERCH Filed sent. 23. 1924 WITNESSES MIM INVENTOR C/zarlea W/Hiwll ATTORNEYS Patented May 1927 oHARLEs-wILLIan MUELLER, or massif orrY, niaiw was.

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Application filed September 23, 1924. Serial 110.789398.

- This invention relates to bird perches,

an object 3 of the invention being to provide a perch which can be easily and quickly placed in position against a house or other 5 support and will be safe and firm when in position yet can be quickly removed for cleaning purposes or to prevent other birds from taking absent.

A further which is so possession when the owner is object is to provide a perch constructed as to present a smooth surface and to prevent possibility of the bird injuring himself or his feathers when occupying the perch as no obstruction I101 uneven surface is provided above the top of the perch.

A further object is to provide a perch of this character which is simple in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable in use.

With these and otherobjects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of my improved perch;

Figure 2 the perch shown in Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of Figure 1; is an end vlew lllustratlng a modified form of perch;

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Figure 5 s a view in longitudinal section I on the line 4.4 of Figure 3;

is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating another modification.

Referring particularly to Figures 1 and 2, 1 represents a platform which is preferably circular in form,

and 2 a wall or any other support to which the perch is to be connected.

3 represents my improved bracket which is composed of a single run of wire bent at a point intermediate its ends and forming a pair of straight nor: mally horizontal arms 4, the extremities of which are b pair of This cut at right angles forming a normally vertical spaced rods 5. bracket 3 is secured to the under face of the platform 1, preferably by means ofa screw 6 proj ected between the two members of the bracket and having its head portion overlapping the bracket 7 which are or overlying the material of at the bend thereof. Furthererably employ a pair of sta les driventhrough the indivi ual might runs ofthe wire and into thebottom of the platform 1.

To secure the bracketand the perch to the support indicated by the reference numeral 2, I preferably provide a pair of screws 8, 8, which are driven into the wall or building and have their heads projected from the surface of said wall sufliciently to allow the two runs of the wire constituting the bracket to engage the screws and clamp them. In other words, the extremity of the bracket constitutes a bifurcated portion which can be forced downwardly over the screws and by frictional engagement and by reason of the inherent resiliency of the bracket, the bracket will be rigidly held in place but can be easily removed by an upward movement imparted to the bracket.

In Figures 3, t and 5 I illustrate a modified form of perch in which a pair of boards 9, 9 is secured at an angle upon a bar 10, and a rounded bar 11 is secured above the boards 9 at the juncture thereof andconsti tutes a smooth surfaced bar which can be readily grasped by the feet of the bird.

With this modified form of perch I employ the same construction of supporting bracket as that above described :with this exception, however, that the bracket is entirely under or within the outline of the perch so that the perch when secured to its support or wall will be tight against the wall.

In Figure 5 I illustrate a modification in which I show a series of staples 12 through which the members 5 of the bracket 3 can be projected to support the perch.

It will be noted that with my improved perch the entire support and fastening means are below the upper surface of tlfe perch so that the bird in moving about on the perch cannot injure his feathers by con- Various slight changes and alterations be made in the general form of the arts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A perch, comprising a platform, an

angle bracket consisting of a double run of parallel integral members connected at oneen'd and constituting "a horizontal and a vertical depending bifurcated portion integral With one end of the horizontal portion, said horizontalportion secured at its"en'cl to the under face of the platform devices securing each run of the Wire to the plat form at a point removed from the freeg'end of said horizontal portion, and said vertical depending'bifurcated portionadapted to engage a pair of headed devices secured to a wall, said platforinadaptecl at one end to titagainst the Wall: v

2. A perch, comprising a platform, an angle bracket consistingpf a double run of parallel integral members connected at one end and constituting a horizontal and a vertical depending bifurcated portion integral vvith oneend of the" horizontal portion, said horizontal portion secured at its end under the face of the platform, devices securing eaclrrun of the ire to the platform at a point removed from the free end of said horizontal portion and said vertical depending -bi'furcated portion; adapted-totengagei a pair of headed devices secured .to anvall.

CHARLES WILLIAM MUELLER. 

